Certify Your Wildlife Garden

By providing food, water, cover, a place for wildlife to raise their young, in a healthy habitat, you not only help wildlife, but you also qualify to become an official Certified Wildlife Habitat®, joining an active community of over 400,000 wildlife gardeners across the country recognized by National Wildlife Federation for your efforts on behalf on wildlife.

Certification also makes you a part of the Million Pollinator Garden Challenge, a national effort to restore critical habitat for pollinators in peril, and celebrates all of the hard work you've done to help the birds, butterflies, and other backyard wildlife. You are making a difference!

To certify your yard, you need to provide the following:

Examples of food sources:

native plants

seeds

fruits

nuts

berries

nectar

Examples of water sources:

birdbath

pond

water garden

stream

Examples of cover:

thicket

roosting box

brush pile

mature trees

Examples of places to raise young:

dense shrubs

vegetation

nesting box

pond

Examples of sustainable gardening:

Use of native plants

No or limited use of chemicals

If you don't think your garden is complete, start your registration and we'll inspire you along the way.

If you would prefer to download and print your application, please click here. Note: any special offers are exclusive to online applications.